Gov. Jerry Brown joined a dozen school superintendents to outline a proposal to change education spending in California, saying challengers should expect a fight.

“This is a matter of inequity and civil rights. If people are going to fight it, they are going to get the battle of their lives, because I am not going to give up until the last hour,” Brown told reporters during a news conference at the state Capitol on Wednesday.

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The proposal, according to Brown, would allow school districts to decide how to spend money they already get from state-funded programs known as categoricals.

The governor has proposed ending state regulation of 60 categoricals.

Brown’s reforms include funding each school district based on the number of students in that district, also called per-pupil base funding. Every district would have the same amount of money per pupil on a base level.

The proposal also provides more money for school districts with a higher concentration of low-income students, and students learning English as a second language.

Brown also said there would be “local control” on how money is spent, meaning decisions would be made by local school district superintendents instead of having to comply with state programs.

Brown said no school districts will have state funding cut, but some districts will be given more funding provided by Proposition 30, which was passed by California voters in November.